LOL: What is a concept player?

Chapter 320 Daring to Change the World, Rectifying the LPL!

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Upon hearing Chu Ran's words, many people involuntarily gasped.

How dare you say such a thing?

In today's LPL, which team or player doesn't do marketing? Without marketing, where does the traffic come from? Those players and clubs without championships will probably have a hard time getting ahead.

However, they also supported Chu Ran's words.

For audiences, appropriate promotion is necessary, but marketing that ignores reality is more like a shockwave.

In an instant, countless people in the venue cheered for Chu Ran, and cheers rang out one after another. Chu Ran's ID and nickname resounded at this moment, becoming waves of sound that stimulated everyone's eardrums one after another.

On every live streaming platform, the barrage of comments suddenly exploded.

[6666! Support Chu Shen! If you want to play professionally, you should rely on your skills!]

Indeed, I wonder when global ban/pick phases will be allowed. All those slacker players and coaches will be out of work!

[You play so badly, you really don't deserve to be a pro. Go home and raise pigs! I'm talking about you, Jian Zihao!]

[Haha, I suspect Chu Shen is hinting that Shockwave should retire and go back to raising pigs.]

[A hog-herding dog!]

Upon seeing these comments, the RNG fans and GSL supporters, who were already furious because RNG and Uzi lost the Demacia Cup, were instantly enraged.

They immediately started arguing with netizens again, but a netizen's comment, "The world's number one shockwave who has been fighting for so many years without winning a championship," left them speechless.

After the interview, Chu Ran's remarks quickly appeared on the trending topics lists of various LPL forums.

#High-intensity training, high results! Chu Shen, after switching to IG, won IG's first Demacia Cup championship!#
#Chu Shen bluntly stated that the LPL doesn't need clubs and players who only know marketing; they should all go back to raising pigs!#
#LPL is about to undergo a major upheaval, Chu Shen is about to reorganize LPL!#
"Wow, Ran-ge, what you just said has really shocked everyone in the LPL. Now a lot of people are cursing you."

Inside a private room at a restaurant, Meiko was enjoying a celebratory meal while scrolling through her phone screen, chuckling to herself, "You always say you're doing marketing, but now that you're the boss, you're telling me not to let anyone else do it."

"Where did this hater come from?"

Before Chu Ran could speak, Jackeylove retorted, "Our Ran-ge has always stood out because of his talent, okay?"

"Jackey, you're really good at sucking up." Roooike laughed and scolded him.

The next second, Chu Ran paused for a moment before slowly saying, "They can understand it that way too. If they're not happy, they can come and bite me."

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How arrogant.

But they were powerless to refute it.

Just as Chu Ran said, if these clubs are not satisfied with what Chu Ran said on the trophy-lifting stage today, they can refute him with their actions.

But the key issue now is...

Most LPL clubs and players rely on marketing to survive; there are very few with real talent.

Putting aside the honors of the players and clubs, the LPL's regular training alone is seriously problematic. Players with even a little bit of popularity dare to disobey the coach's orders.

Just like Uzi and Ning from RNG, Nofe is going crazy right now. He should have left RNG this year if he knew it would happen.

As a Korean, RNG naturally wouldn't dare to withhold his salary, but he didn't expect another troublemaker to appear this year.

He originally thought Uzi was already stubborn enough, but he didn't expect Ning Mazi to be even more stubborn than him.

When he reviews the performance, he only needs to point out a few problems with the two of them, and then they start talking all at once.

They're either shifting blame or on their way to doing so, and Nofe just can't do anything about it, mainly because he's an honest guy.

If these two argue on Weibo, he gets very annoyed. Every time they get into a heated argument, he has to ask the manager to come and calm things down.

Nofe felt that his time as a coach had come to an end.

In the LPL, arguing with the coach is a minor matter; some players even slack off and stop training, treating their professional career like a 9-to-5 job, spending their days streaming and playing other games, such as PUBG.

This is all good.

Some of them spend their days either chatting with female fans or on their way to a hotel on dates.

Therefore, all things considered, Chu Ran's words today were completely without fault; it's just that the truth is often the sharpest weapon.

His words directly broke the defenses of many clubs.

Especially because of Chu Ran's huge online following, his words sparked a huge discussion on Hupu, Kangba, and other similar platforms.

The story of Lin Weixiang sending firecrackers from afar back then has been brought up again.

[What you might not know is that when FPX's current AD carry, Lin Weixiang, was with NB, his coach told him to train, but instead he chose to go to a city a thousand miles away to see his girlfriend. This is known as "sending a cannon fodder a thousand miles away!"]

[Holy crap, I'm a die-hard fan, is this really not made up? This is outrageous!]

[Haha, and there's also Condi's massage parlor; his brother-in-law's private life is questionable, you could list a whole bunch of things.]

Wow, no wonder LPL's performance hasn't been great in recent years. I feel like if it weren't for Chu Shen, LPL wouldn't have a championship yet.

[Nonsense, if you could make a fortune just by playing matches every day, I wouldn't train either.]

[From now on, we should boycott this kind of club and player. I'm unfollowing FPX, thank you.]

The FPX owner never expected that their team would change its name from NB to FPX this year, even though they didn't participate in this year's Demacia Cup.

However, thanks to the promotion and marketing during this period, Monkey has accumulated a lot of traffic. After all, with Dionb around, Monkey is a rising star in the live streaming world.

Before the hype had even died down, they were planning to wait until the Spring Split started so that the entire LPL and even the world would know how powerful FPX was.

They were completely dumbfounded when they saw the number of followers on all the official accounts plummet.

At the FPX club base, Lin Weixiang was somewhat agitated, gritting his teeth and cursing, "No way, are these netizens crazy? Why do they have to bring up something that happened so long ago?"

"Maya, he is so noble. All the marketing players and clubs here should go back to raising pigs."

Doind exclaimed, "They're saying he's the only one who built his popularity through skill. My god, these netizens are still talking about his girlfriend's breakup with his mid-jungle duo. It's a one-minute best-of-five series. Can't they just shut up?"

Doinb was furious upon seeing these comments, especially since his fan count was rapidly declining because of this incident.

He wished he could send Chu Ran straight to the crematorium.

The saying goes, "To block someone's path to wealth is like killing their parents," and Chu Ran is a perfect example of this.

"Damn it, when will the Spring Split start? We need to teach Ran a lesson then. He really thinks he's invincible just because he won two championships in a row. Even Faker wasn't this arrogant back then."

Not only Doinb and FPX, but other clubs and players think this way too.

Everyone's just trying to make a living, and neither the clubs nor the fans said anything. But Chu Ran's remarks sparked strong suggestions from netizens that the LPL should be stricter, causing many people's workload to suddenly double.

Everyone hated Chu Ran so much they wanted to grind their teeth, but they couldn't just go to the IG club and drag Chu Ran out to beat him up.

The only way at present is to defeat Chu Ran fairly and squarely in the competition, and then settle scores with him.

In particular, by telling the entire LPL that even with the rigorous training Chu Ran described, they could still lose, many netizens wouldn't think Chu Ran's actions were correct. After all, the reason so many netizens are now agreeing with Chu Ran is because his strict training plan for IG, which he revealed some time ago, sparked widespread ridicule.

At that time, many people said that such strict training was useless, including Chu Ran, who even started a group of fans who felt sorry for the players.

It caused quite a commotion.

Everyone was originally waiting to see Chu Ran and IG make a fool of themselves at the Demacia Cup, especially since IG's performance wasn't that good at the start of the tournament.

Everyone was ready to settle scores, but Chu Ran led IG to play better and better, eventually winning the Demacia Cup.

This left many people speechless, even causing them to question their existence, as well as some clubs.

Take EDG for example, right now.

Abu and Mingkai looked at the people in the training room, and the two were having a discussion.

"Mingkai, I think our club needs to step up our training. Although Xiaoran is no longer with EDG, what he said still makes some sense."

"Look at those starting players, Iboy alone earns nearly a million a year. With such high salaries, why shouldn't they train hard? It's only right that the club requires them to work hard. Those who don't train should be carried off the field!"

"Now that we've lost Xiaoran, if we can't even match IG in terms of training volume, how can we possibly continue the club's glory next year?"

Upon hearing Abu's words, Mingkai nodded in agreement and immediately said, "I'll copy IG's training schedule and make one."

"As long as you can't practice to death, practice to death!"

At this point, Mingkai suddenly laughed again, "But Xiaoran is really brave. He's becoming public enemy number one in the LPL now, with everyone wanting to kick IG while they're down."

"That's none of our business. If we get the chance, EDG will definitely step in too!"

Abu spoke calmly, saying that Chu Ran was already part of IG, and that in the professional world, there was no room for personal relationships.

If EDG wants to continue dominating the LPL, they must defeat Chu Ran and IG to win next year's championship.

After all, there can only be one champion.

We can't just win a championship that doesn't exist.

“Especially Scout, if you increase the intensity on him, he doesn’t have any of Xiao Ran’s suppressive power. Does that mean he can’t even reach half of Xiao Ran’s skill level?”

Mingkai looked at Scout, who was currently streaming Rank, specifically trying to scam his female fans out of their coins.

However, Scout is very unhappy right now.

He also participated in the Demacia Cup this year. Before the competition, he was full of confidence and promised many requests from EDG fans.

Chu Ran, the traitor to EDG, must be dealt with.

But in the end, they didn't even get to see IG or Chu Ran.

Especially today, Chu Ran won the Demacia Cup again, which caused Scout, who had been boasting before the match that he was not much worse than Chu Ran, to suddenly suffer a backlash and be ridiculed by everyone.

[Damn it, what a trash mid laner! He's not even as good as Chu Shen. I'm speechless. Can't EDG give Chu Shen some shares and let him be the owner of EDG? That way, he won't have to go to IG.]

[All that talk about surpassing Faker, that "Little Brother" was no worse than Chu Shen—now it's all just pure shockwave.]

[I feel like EDG is doomed next year. Their mid laner is weak. How will EDG compete against IG next year? IG will truly be a super team next year. I feel they will be even stronger than EDG in S7.]

Scout was so angry he felt like his lungs were about to explode, but because he was streaming, he could only force himself to suppress his anger and pretend to be calm, acting as if he didn't see anything.

However, this immediately displeased his female fans, who then engaged in a heated discussion with these netizens in the live stream.

[I'm speechless. Who are these people ganging up to smear my junior? He's never even fought Ran Chu, so why do they think he's inferior?]

[Exactly, if his teammates weren't so bad, he might not have won the Demacia Cup this year!]

[Ugh, is this some kind of smear campaign by Ran's fans? If Ran is really that good, why did EDG put Scout in mid lane instead of trying to keep him?]

[That goes without saying, EDG believes Ranchu's skill level won't be as good as Scout's next year, so Ranchu went to jungle. He knew he'd be crushed by Scout next year, so he changed his position in advance.]

Wow, Scout's fans are incredible!

Haha, this explanation really surprised me.

[Oh right, right, so what championship did Scout win?]

Upon seeing this comment, Scout finally couldn't hold back. He snorted and slammed his mouse on the table.

This sudden impact disrupted his rhythm in the game, causing him and Spicy Hot Pot to lose coordination, which allowed the opposing mid laner to escape.

Without a second thought, Mala Xiangguo retorted, "I give up! What are you doing? You can't even control yourself?!"

"And they still managed to get away!"

"If it were Chu Shen, I wouldn't even need to come and help; he would probably have already solo-killed him!"

This completely ignited Scout's inner fire. Not only did netizens criticize him for being inferior to Chu Ran, but even his teammates said so.

And this isn't the first time Mala Xiangguo has said this.

"Axiba!"

Scout roared, "God Chu, God Chu! If he's really that strong, all the other players should just retire! The organizers should just stop holding matches and send the trophies to his house!"

"So what if we won two championships? Everyone is a champion. I just didn't get a chance to play this year. Otherwise, I could have led the team to defeat IG and lift the championship trophy!"

He spoke in Korean, and initially he rambled on and on, which no one could understand, but there were still viewers in the live stream who understood Korean.

Translating Scout's words into Chinese instantly caused an uproar in his live stream, even among EDG's operations staff.

At that moment, they felt like strangling Scout.

After finally getting through the tough times until Chu Ran left EDG, there were very few overtime hours anymore. But now, Scout's words have undoubtedly plunged EDG into dire straits once again.

[Holy crap, Scout, who do you think you are, acting so arrogantly!]

[66666! I've met someone even more arrogant than Chu Shen!]

[So, how about we go about having a showdown with Chu Shen next year?]

[I'm laughing so hard I'm speechless. Teacher Guo's words completely broke my composure. Does he not even think before he speaks?]

Scout's live stream suddenly exploded. Seeing this, Scout also regretted it, but it was too late.

Words spoken can never be taken back.

So Scout decided to go all out and confidently declared that he would prove himself by stepping on Chu Ran and IG next year.

His remarks quickly spread across various LPL forums, but just as netizens were discussing them, something unexpected happened.

The top trending topic is: Chu Shen is about to leave the LPL!

(End of this chapter)